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The '''Second Series''' of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featured | The '''Second Series''' of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' featured twelve episodes split among six two-part stories. It was broadcast in the UK in the fall of 2008. The season began with all of the first-season cast (with the exception of [[John Leeson]]'s [[K-9 Mark IV|K-9]], who did not appear in any regular episodes). A major cast change occurred following the first two-part story, with [[Yasmin Paige]] ([[Maria Jackson]]) leaving the series and being replaced by [[Anjli Mohindra]] as [[Rani Chandra]]. Despite this, references to Maria including flashback footage a photos were incorporated into the other stories, with Paige herself returning for a guest appearance in ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]''.) | ||
The season was | The season was notable for featuring the return of [[Nicholas Courtney]] as Sir [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], for the first time (on screen) since the independent film [[BBV]]: ''[[Downtime]]'' in 1995 and for the first time in a BBC production since [[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'' in 1989. [[UNIT]] also makes its first on-screen appearance in the spin-off. Returning villains include the [[Bane]], the [[Trickster]] and the [[Graske]], and [[Sontaran]]s appear for the first time in the spin-off in an episode that is a direct sequel to the ''Doctor Who'' episodes ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]''. | ||
Several months after the season ended, the cast -- including K-9 in his only Series 2 | Several months after the season ended, the cast -- including K-9 in his only Series 2 appearance -- reunited for ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]'', a mini-episode produced for the 2009 Comic Relief Red Nose Day appeal. | ||
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==Home video releases== | ==Home video releases== | ||
*The Complete Second Series (including ''From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love'' as a bonus feature accessed by correctly completing a quiz) was released in the UK on 09 November 2009. | *The Complete Second Series (including ''From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love'' as a bonus feature accessed by correctly completing a quiz) was released in the UK on 09 November 2009. | ||
*North American release occurred the next day, 10 November. This marked the first time a complete season of a ''Doctor Who'' franchise programme has been released to DVD in North America without | *North American release occurred the next day, 10 November. This marked the first time a complete season of a ''Doctor Who'' franchise programme has been released to DVD in North America without first having been viewed on TV. | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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